By Martin Hodgson, Head of UK and Ireland at Paessler
A network is only as secure as the devices connected to it. With each connected device comes increased vulnerability. The modern household is no exception, with the recent explosion of IoT devices in the home creating a potential goldmine for hackers. Scarier still, many of these connected devices on home networks are dangerously unsecured. Even home alarm systems, designed to protect your home from physical intruders, may be a gateway for virtual intruders to access your private data.
Disconnected security systems are the safest solution for now
When it comes to home security systems, they’re not as secure as we think they are. In fact, they could potentially be putting us at risk. What’s surprising though, is that even our devices that are not connected to the internet – such as classic, non-digitised, 1993 kind of security systems – could pose a treacherous security threat. Although, still currently the safer option.
According to security researchers, even the best-selling home alarm systems could be easily undermined to either suppress the alarms or to generate several false alarms which would make them unreliable. This is because hackers could trigger a false alarm with a simple tool from a distance of up to 300 metres. Again, deactivation is possible from a similar distance. It doesn’t matter where the alarm was manufactured. This is based on the fact that most radio alarm systems are based on high-frequency signals sent between door and window sensors to a control system which triggers an alarm when one of these entries is breached.
Regardless of whether the alarm is activated or not, the signals can still ..
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